Mozilla: CSS sanitization does not escape HTML tags
Published Jan 8, 2020
6.1
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.99%
Description
When pasting a <style> tag from the clipboard into a rich text editor, the CSS sanitizer does not escape < and > characters. Because the resulting string is pasted directly into the text node of the element this does not result in a direct injection into the webpage; however, if a webpage subsequently copies the node's innerHTML, assigning it to another innerHTML, this would result in an XSS vulnerability. Two WYSIWYG editors were identified with this behavior, more may exist. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.4 and Firefox < 72.
Affected products
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- Version before 72StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
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- Version before 68.4StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | n/a |
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| Mozilla | Firefox ESR | n/a |
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Configuration 1
- < 72.0
- < 68.4
Configuration 2
- 16.04
- 18.04
- 19.04
- 19.10
Configuration 3
- 8.0
- 9.0
- 10.0
Configuration 4
- 6.0
- 7.0
- 6.0
- 7.0
- 7.7
- 7.7
- 6.0
- 7.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox-0:68.4.1-1.el6_10
Fixed · RHSA-2020:0086
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird-0:68.4.1-2.el6_10
Fixed · RHSA-2020:0123
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
firefox-0:68.4.1-1.el7_7
Fixed · RHSA-2020:0085
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
thunderbird-0:68.4.1-2.el7_7
Fixed · RHSA-2020:0120
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
firefox-0:68.4.1-1.el8_1
Fixed · RHSA-2020:0111
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
thunderbird-0:68.4.1-2.el8_1
Fixed · RHSA-2020:0127
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions
firefox-0:68.4.1-1.el8_0
Fixed · RHSA-2020:0295
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions
thunderbird-0:68.4.1-2.el8_0
Fixed · RHSA-2020:0292
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox
Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird
Out of support scope
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox-0:68.4.1-1.el6_10 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:0086 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird-0:68.4.1-2.el6_10 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:0123 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | firefox-0:68.4.1-1.el7_7 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:0085 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | thunderbird-0:68.4.1-2.el7_7 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:0120 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | firefox-0:68.4.1-1.el8_1 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:0111 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | thunderbird-0:68.4.1-2.el8_1 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:0127 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions | firefox-0:68.4.1-1.el8_0 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:0295 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions | thunderbird-0:68.4.1-2.el8_0 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:0292 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox | Out of support scope | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird | Out of support scope | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (24 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.99% (0.01988) | 79.90th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.99% (0.01995) | 78.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 27, 2026 | 2.42% (0.02423) | 85.34th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 4.63% (0.04633) | 88.93th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 2.47% (0.02471) | 84.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 21, 2025 | 4.63% (0.04633) | 88.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 18, 2025 | 2.57% (0.02572) | 84.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 4.63% (0.04633) | 88.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 2.47% (0.02471) | 84.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 4.63% (0.04633) | 88.87th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.92% (0.02922) | 85.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.24% (0.00242) | 64.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 3, 2024 | 0.24% (0.00242) | 64.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.35% (0.00348) | 70.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 15, 2023 | 0.35% (0.00348) | 68.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 12, 2023 | 0.30% (0.00305) | 66.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.31% (0.00314) | 65.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 81.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 17.11% (0.17112) | 93.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 20.87% (0.20870) | 94.22th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 20.87% (0.20870) | 94.15th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 5.55% (0.05552) | 88.56th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 5.55% (0.05552) | 0.00th | v1 |
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